Pope Francis writes to Holy Land Catholics (Full text) aleteia.org
Pope Francis has written a letter to Catholics of the Holy Land, released by the Vatican on March 27 in various languages, including Arabic.
There are some 200,000 Christians of various rites in the Israeli and Palestinian Territories, with one Roman Catholic parish in Gaza. The Holy Father has been calling that parish regularly during the conflict.
The Pope writes:
In these bleak times, when it seems that the dark clouds of Good Friday hover over your land, and all too many parts of our world are scarred by the pointless folly of war – which is always and for everyone a bitter defeat – you are lamps shining in the night, seeds of goodness in a land rent asunder by conflict…
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